Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1887-12-20
ENTERPRISE ABROAD.

A foUGH, plant leather Ia now being
made In Germany Of the skin Of the catfish.
TuE principal theater IN France has been
provided with novelty in the way of cur
tain. II is composed Of sheet iron and as
cends in a solid sheet when raised. This
idea was the outcome Of the great fire there
recently.
FLOWER farming is the common industry
In the South Of France. Farms Of twenty
acres IN extent, with nothing but towering
shrubs, are frequent. From these as high
as seven and eight thousand dollars net
profit is annually realized.
A BHrI~H syndicate il projecting "a grand
traHscuntincntal railroad from CONSTANT
noplc 30 Bag3dd The road bids fair 10 be
come the worlds direct course TO India,
and will undoubtedly be- used by travellers
10 China aud around the world. II is said
the road will be completed in eight years,
Notwithstanding the difficulties of the Tar
sus mountains.
ITALIANS have invented an apparatus for
the manufacture Of "gesoliuo.' IA new ma
tcrial resembling silk, I'm which mulberry
fiber Is substituted for cotton. On rcmov-
ing the bark from the young shoots OF null
berry trees "a fiber is found which in fine
ness and tenacity is not exceeded by silk
and the object OF the invention is 10 treat
the bark and isolate the fiber 10y mecanical
process.
THE French Government is said 10 have
concluded an arrangement with the Edison
Company whereby the latter will have pos
session Of the extensive vaults Of the Paais
Royal free. The vault will be- turned into "a
central storchousc for electricity. and the
company is to undertake the lighting up Of
the whole Of the Palais Royal. the Conscil
d'Etat the Cour DIES Complies, and the The
atrc Francois
4 GOOD imitation Of silk is made in Hon
duras Of pita libra, plant Indigenous 20
Mexico. II grows in canes from five 20
twelve feet high and from two 10 three
inches IN diameter Efforts are being made
by the Mexican Government 10 encourage
It's cultivation. The Indians use n for the
manufacture Of boots and shoes, nets fish
ing lines, halters, ana canes Mats Of great
beauty, some If them valued a. high as $50
each, are made from IL.
THr Krupp gun establishment embraces,
in addition 90 the huge concern al Essen,
works al Neuwcid and Sage. IN Germany,
and enormous iron mines al Balboa. Spain.
The firm possesses, moreover, four large
and splendid steamships, Twenty-Five loco.
.
ninety miles Of telegraph, ~ railway cars.
49, steam boilers, 80 steam engines, sup
plying total Of 1000 horse power. and
which consumes daily g. 100 tons Of coal and
coke.
Gas engines are supplanting steam en-
Rincs lu Germany and Russia. They are
being run Ia connection with special gas
making plant, and It Is also stated that
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binary stoam engine is three aud one fourth
pounds Of coal per horse power, the CORE
spending consumption Of the gas en-
CINE is only two and one fourth pounds, a
difference in respect 20 economy which has
induced several establishments to replace
their steam engines bv large gas engines.
JAr,N'~ foreign trade last year was great
er than ever before, and that with the
United States and Canada was greater than
with any other country But the balanc,
was all against Us, for while We exported .,
that country about S3Op.uOO worth Of goods
we imported from there no less than sld
OOuo Great BrItaIu'~ trade with Japan
was Just the reverse of this We bought
their tea, nee and silks, and paid cash. and
the cash drifted finally into English prod
uctS 10 pay for cotton and wooden.
\ COMPANY OF bfl'lNh capitalists mas o'fl
organized to lay "a cable from Vancouver, b
C.. 10 Hong Kong. China There Will b,
branches and connections with Japan au,
the principal islands of the Pacific ocean
The Importance 81 this multiplication of
verbal communication between different
parts ~ the world can not hc ovcrcstimatcd
For one thing, II vii. probably lay the basis
for universal laucuagc-a 'o'ograph.'
code will be- established thai can bc read hl
operators the world over Then. a. has beer
frequently pointed out mercantile profits
are reduced tu a minimum when lWawl
edge of prices lu the various markets l'
flashed mstautaucously from the buying e
the selling marts uf trade.
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